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Welcome to my blog, where I share professional insights and strategic perspectives on mergers, acquisitions, and corporate finance.
About Me
Learn moreYong Kwon is an experienced accountant and consultant specialized in exit planning, valuation consulting and M&A transaction advisory services to various clients, ranging from Korean public companies to family-owned businesses in diversified industries. He has provided both buy-side and sell-side advisory to assist clients in M&A transactions. Yong has performed the valuation consulting services including business valuations, Merger and Acquisition (M&A) valuations, and purchase price allocation analyses. Through his experiences including valuation, accounting, taxation, M&A and financing, he consults business value growth and personnel financial planning.
M&A, Valuation, Exit Planning, Financial Planning, Family Office, Retirement Plans, Private Accounting, Assurance, International Taxes
Designations and Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Personal Financial Specialist (PFS)
- Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
- Certified Valuators and Analysts (CVA)
- Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA)
- Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA)
Featured Post
Beyond the P&L: What a Quality of Earnings (QoE) Analysis Really Tells Buyers and Sellers
A Quality of Earnings analysis is far more than a financial check-up — it’s the diagnostic that determines whether a deal closes at full value, gets repriced, or collapses entirely. This deep dive unpacks what a QoE actually examines, how buyers and sellers should use it strategically, and the recurring patterns that separate clean transactions […]
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Beyond the P&L: What a Quality of Earnings (QoE) Analysis Really Tells Buyers and Sellers
A Quality of Earnings analysis is the diligence workstream that most often makes or breaks an M&A deal — yet it is widely misunderstood as “just another audit.” This deep dive unpacks what a QoE really examines, the adjustments that move purchase prices by millions, the difference between sell-side and buy-side QoE, and the red […]
Yong Kwon
Reinventing the Monthly Close: How AI Agents Are Rewiring Consolidation and Financial Statement Review
The monthly close has been the most stubbornly manual process in finance for decades. Agentic AI is finally cracking it open—compressing close cycles from 10 days to 3, turning flux analysis from narrative invention into evidence-backed insight, and shifting controllers from spreadsheet janitors to exception managers. This is a practitioner’s guide to what’s actually working, […]
Yong Kwon
월간 결산의 재발명: AI 에이전트가 바꾸는 연결결산과 재무제표 리뷰
월말이면 반복되는 분개 검토, 계정 조정, 연결 제거, 변동 분석, 주석 작성의 굴레를 AI 에이전트가 어떻게 해체하는지, 실제 구현 아키텍처부터 통제·감사·변화관리까지 한 호흡으로 정리한 실무 가이드.
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